Gate-support.



I, lII. GREENE.

GATE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. IsIIe.

1,243,93L Patented 00E. 23,1917.v

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Anaar s THOMAS E. GREENE, or TEXARKANA,V ARKANSAS.

GATE-SUPPORT. f i' vSpecification of Letters Patent.

rau-mma oet. 23,1917.

Application fue@ september as, i916. serial no. 122332.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. GREENE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Texarkana, in the county of Miller and State of Arkansas,have invented certain useful Improvements in Gate-Supports, of which thefollowing is a specification, referenceV being had therein to thevaccompanying drawing.

This invention has for its object the provision of a gravity controlledmeans for supporting a gate, barn door or the like in a manner toprevent sagging of the same, and to further relieve the hinges or othersupports therefor of undue strain.

In carrying out the invention I further aim to provide a support of theabove men tioned character which permits ofthe closure member which maybe either a gate or door being easily opened and closed, and furtheroperating to hold the closure member in either o-f its respectivepositions and serving to facilitate the opening of the closure membersubsequent to its release from a closed position.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the above character with a view to compactness,and in which the number of parts are few, the construction simple, thecost of production low and the efliciency high.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof this invention will be more readily apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings forming part of this specification like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure1 is a side elevation of a gate showing one method of supporting thelatter.

in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view.While the support forming the subject matter of my invention is shownand described in connection with a swingable gate, I desire to have itunderstood that 1t is also susceptible -for use with barn doors or thellike, and its general application iscontemplated by the claim.

Referring to the drawings 1n detail, 10

indicates'a gate which maybe 'of any suitable construction a-nd which is`supported by Vhinges 1l upon the post 12 which permits -the gate to`swing between the `respective :posts 12 and 13. Rising from the upper'rail of the gate 10 at appropriate points adjacent the opposite end ofthe gate are spaced eye bolts 1d and 15 respectively, each Yof which hasswivelly connected thereto through the instrumentality of a staple 16, apulley 17. An eye bolt 18 is secured to the post 12 an appropriatedistance above the upper edge of the gate, and has secured thereto oneend of a flexible element 19 such Vas a chain or the like, and whichelement extends downwardly as at 20 passingbeneath the pulleys 17 inparallelism with the upper edge of the gate. The flexible element passesfrom the last pulley 17 upwardly in the direction ofy the upper end ofthe post 12 and is trained over a pulley 21, which latter is swivellysupported by an eye bolt 2Q, which depends from a cross arm 23at theupper extremity of the post 10. Suspended from the opposite terminal ofthe lieXible element 19'is a weight 24 whose function is primarily toprevent sagging of the gate and to relieve the hinges thereof of unduestrain.

The weight is further adapted to hold the gate normally in its closedposition, but when it is properly balanced it will serve equally as wellto hold the gate in its opened position. f

It is believed that from the foregoing description the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent'without requiring amore extended explanation and therefore the same has been omitted;however it is desired to have it understood that such changes in theconstruction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to when desired asfall within the scope Vof what is claimed.A It might also be added thatany one of the different forms of the invention herein shown anddescribed can be easily applied to a gate or door without necessitatinga cross bar connected VVto the upper edge of the post and arranged atrightr angles tothe plane ofthe'member when the member is in a closedposition, two pulleys swivellyk lio connected to the upper edge of theclosure member and positioned adjacent the respective ends thereof,another pulley pendently supported from the under surface of the armadjacent one end thereof, a cable one end of which is rigidly connectedto the post adjacent the upper edge thereof, theeable being extendeddownwardly and operatively trained about the inner and outer pulleys onthe closure member and thence extending outwardly and trained about thependently supported pulley on the cross bar, and a Weight carried by thedepending portion of the cable continuing from the pendently supportedpulley for eoperating With the cable in exerting parallel and lateralforce on the ,Closure member to prevent sagging ot the closure member torelieve strain on the connecting means of the closure memben.

vand in addition hold the closure member in either an open Vor Closedposition and to facilitate opening of the closure member subsequent tothe release thereof.

ln testimony whereof I atHX my signature.

THOMAS R. GREENE.

@opten of this patent may be obtained for nire cents veach, byaddressing the Commissioner of PateafitsF Washington, E. G.

